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F. A. RUTTY SEATING CHART Dec. 17 1929.

Filed May 4. 1928 www@ ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 17, v19279 l 1 i l j: l I;

, ,'UNi'ijsas PATENT oFFlCEf FLORENCE A. RUTTY, or NEW YORK, N. Y. l

SEATING ciriiiemy Application sieanay 4, i928.- seriaiNo.` aisne?. Y

Thisv invention relates to vmeans for enayWlienassociated vvithy the telescoping section bling a host or hostess to rapidly vand conven- D, yas shown in Fig. 1. f 'j'. f1 Viently arrange the assignment of seatings of Each of these divisions, or border spaces, the guests for a dinner or luncheon so as to has an identifyingcharacterforminga series bring congenial people together at thetable, such as the consecutively arranged numerals v. 55 to facilitate the correct seating of the guests shown, Which arepermanently marked there? when they go to the table, and to obtain a VO n.r Preferably the numbers onthe tvvosectemporary record ofsuch seatings. To'tliis tions together' are arranged to lrun vconsecuend it comprises a chart made of a material tively around the chart, When the sameis .s 10 on Which pencilv marks can be traced and completely extended, as shown in fulllnes erased (said chart being preferably oftelein Fig. 1. `The Whole number yof sections E scoping construction) andhaving border diand E* may be .subdivided into subseries visions .representing seatings permanently such` as X, X, each of a lessernumber, by marked and distinctively numbered thereon permanent sub-division markings, aslshown (preferably consecutively) together -With at F. These are t0 be used if the guests arerv V65 parallel lined spaces permanently marked on l t0 be seatedat anumber of'smalltables, in`

the face or" the chart, in Which latter the stead of at one long table such asv vvouldfjbe names o fguests may be Written in pencil with represented by the chart when more .orv less the number of the seating selected Jfor each. extended. These groups may be associated if The best form of article at present knoWn With Perma-nent identifying Ilflfllfls` Such aS- .70

to me, embodying my invention, is illustrated Table l, and TableQ, &C in the accompanying sheet of dra-Wings in v @Il the face of one 0.1"0 bOth 0f 'Chelsea' which 4 tions A and'D are permanently marked a:

Fig. i is a face View of a telescopng form of' .Selles of parallel lines in 00111110115,A es 'Shown' N the Chart, and atGr, G. These clumnsmay valso be headed-75' Fig. 2 is a cross section on` line 2-2 of Mei inv 011 v 02186, all@ ,W0men "in thev Fig 1, v other, as shovvn, Vand the names of themen Throughout the drawings like Vreference and Women among the guests segregated ac,-

characters indicate like parts. ,COldlIlgly f f --30 ln the form of the article here shown A. Z represents prmted dlGCtOIlS OlllSe 0f, 80

is a section of thin Celluloid or cardboard the Chart flDClZf lePleS/@IIPS advertising 11121113' c sheet having a backing portion B attached telf, Glhl OI both, 0f Whlehrmay be permato it along the edges on three sides so as to 'Ilelly plfllltedllpml;thGIWlSelinllSed p01'- form a pocket C open at the right hand end. *510115 0f elthel QCB 0f the Char@ 1135 D is a similar section of the same material 'InYuSU-g the invention: .the Chartv Couldib'e A85y l telescoped, as indicat'edin brokenlines, until.y

the number of seatings so'leftexposed corresponded to the total number of guests in the party, aiildthe names oftle gests then Writ-k ten on t e arallel lines i arran ed in 9c ai Shpwn at Ha'ndhasl a Sems gf Spaceds .(r columns, 'die Vniens'.n ai'iies" loei,ng gengerally` divisions E, peimanenty mar re aroun is v placed in one C Olumnyas hth ende (1G, v an d protruding border portion to represent seat the Womenashamesn anotheras GQ- The .Y lugs for a Party of guests along the Corre hostess can vthen, conveniently assignueach and of the same general shape, but enough narrower to telescope into the pocket C.

The latter section or sheet D may have its protruding end curved in semicircular form,

Spending portions of a dinner table constitutguest Whose name appearsn one or 13h-Other 95' f ing the right hand portion of suchtable. '.lhe Column to a given Seating? 'or place at the 0aother section A has a curved series of similar ble, S0 as t0 bring congenialpopl together sections or divisions E', permanently marked Y by writing the number of the selected seating thereon to complete the representaton of a opposite the name of each guest.y The chart loop indicating the outline of the entire table `can then be handed to' thebutleror vothen: 100

person Who is to lay-the' usual set of naine cardsrat the respective plates to serve as a guide in placing said cards around the table. The person doing this can then look in the lists G and G for each name, as it appears on the uppermost card in the pack, read the seating-number vof that guest therefrom and placeY the card at the plate corresponding to the marginal chart space so numbered.

Yguests and then Ymerelyhave the butler place numbered-cards about the table at the places corresponding to `a copy of the chart Which Would be handed him. Each guest by means of the chart could then at once locate his or her seating at the table by reference to the chart' and find itv easily, Without vhaving to Walkl around and examine a lot of place cards before locating the seating. 'Permanently numbered place cards could be used and in this Way a set ofcharts embodying my invention and one set of place cards could be used v'for successive dinners or luncheons mode of operation of the invention herein set forth. Also some of the sub-combinations of features here shown and described could be used Without others,if simpler and cheaper articles embodying soine, butpnot all, of thesuggested advantages of the complete invention averedesi'red.

Having describedr my invention claim As fa new article ofmanufacture, a seat- Y'ing :chart fon vdinner and luncheon parties Which'coinprises, in combination, tWo tele* scoping' sheet sections each made of material on which lead pencil marks may be traced or erased land ha-ving curved outline portions which, When said sections are assembled,Y

formthe outline of a c'losed'loop, said-outline portions being provided with evenly vspaced and consecutivelyv numbered divisions, each representing a seating for a guest, and the interior portionsfof the vface of one section" having parallel vlined spaces in -Which the naines of a list'of men guests maybe Written and lthe otherv section :having similarly lined spaces in Which'the names of Women guests may be Written; whereby said chart may 'bei partially' telescoped to leave exposedv the number pf seatings required for a pa-rtyof a given number, land the names of the guests VWritten-on the lines inthe proper column together with their .respective Seat numbers' as Dthe latter are selected bythe hostess to arrange adjacent seatings.

, FLORENCE A. `iaUT'inff.-

, Without requiring the Writing of a fresh set Y of place cards Vfor-each occasion.

,It is understood, of course, that the charts arey Imade of Celluloid or other material on 7; `which names and numbers can -be Written Witha pencil, aor-other agency easily erased l so `that thecharts can be used over and over again.' e

In the drawings the chart markings have been made up .on the assumption 'that in the case of the use of a seriesof small tables no more thanl eight'guests would beplaced at any -suc'h small table. If a lesser Ynumber are Y d tobe seated at each, or certain of the tables only, Va correspondingnumber of the numerials in eachy sub-division would be used in making up thelist.

"The telescoping sheetsection D should fit xinto the lpocket C vin the other section closely v enoughY to -frictionally hold it in any given adjustment therein. y

The advertising. matter Z might relate Yto Y to the businessof a caterer, or of a dealer in 'i do table Ware, who could have the charts made up in quantity and distributed gratis among actual and prospectivecustomers for advertising purposes.

vVarious changescould be made in the dey tails of'constructionabove,described and illustrated in the drawings Without departing from the underlying .principle and general 

